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Isabel Guerra

Yanet Carazas Garay, the Court Relator who read aloud the 247 fundamental principles of Alberto Fujimori's sentence for almost 3 hours, whithout pausing even for a drink, explained today why she refused even a glass of water.

"I didn't drink anything because I was afraid of having the urge of going to the restrooms," she said. "As workers, we are very careful, unbiased and professionals" remarked Carazas, who's been working for more than 10 years for the Justice Department.

Carazas also confessed she's fond of reading literature during her free time, especially the poetry of Cesar Vallejo, Pablo Neruda and Federico García Lorca.

This was not the first time Carazas reads a sentence, but Fujimori's sentence has 711 folios, 8,390 paragraphs, 1,258 footnotes, and it was written on Century font size 11.

However, the record for the longest judicial sentence read would correspond to relator Erasmo Benavides, who read aloud during 7 hours (in 2005) the sentence to the 20 accused for the "prensa chicha" (tabloids) scandal.

Caraza's performance has made her suddenly very popular in Peru, and Facebook users have created a fans' group to honor her notable talent for reading aloud.

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